1 INDIA
India's diverse culture, history and food will be celebrated in Little Rock's River Market pavilions and amphitheater during IndiaFest, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 404-8939 or visit indiafestar.com.
2 INTERSTELLAR
Get those light sabers glowing as the Museum of Discovery presents Star Wars Science, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Hands-on crafts will include building mini finger light sabers and making Darth Vader capes. Admission to the museum is $10; $8 for ages 60 and older, children 12 and younger, teachers, military and Little Rock city employees. Call (501) 396-7050 or visit museumofdiscovery.org. See story on Page 4E.
3 INHALE, EXHALE
Survivors and supporters will take a stroll Saturday through North Shore Riverwalk Park in North Little Rock for the Central Arkansas Heart Walk. Ceremonies start at 9 a.m. and the walk, with 4-, 2.2- and 1-mile options, begins at 9:30. There will also be heart health education and activities for all ages. Admission is free but pledges and donations are accepted. Call (501) 707-6588 or visit centralarkansasheartwalk.com.
4 INTERACT
Legends in Argenta, a preliminary and benefit for September's Legends of Arkansas, Saturday at the Plaza at Sixth and Main streets in North Little Rock's Argenta Arts District, will showcase bands, including Brian Nahlen & Nick Devlin, Sarah Cecil, Ghost Bones and Mulehead, along with arts/crafts vendors, food trucks, Arkansas craft beers and "special performances" by Arkansas Circus Arts and magician Paul Prater. Gates open and music begins at 4 p.m. A complete schedule is available at LegendsofArkansas.com. Presenting sponsor is 107 Liquor. Admission is $5, free for children 12 and younger. All proceeds benefit the Sept. 10 Legends of Arkansas festival. Call (870) 540-9867 or email LegendsofAR@Gmail.com.
5 ITALIAN
Opera in the Rock will stage Giacomo Puccini's tragic opera La Boheme, fully staged and costumed and in Italian with English supertitles, 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the new Center for Humanities and Arts, Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Soprano Maria Fasciano DiCarlo sings the role of Mimi, with tenor Vernon DiCarlo as Rodolfo, soprano Ekaterina Kotcherguina as Musetta and Benjamin Cox as Marcello and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in the pit (Philip Mann will conduct Friday night; Geoffrey Robson will conduct Sunday). Robson also serves as assistant musical director and chorus master. Tickets are $50 and $25, $10 for standing room. A "meet the artists" reception, an additional $25, will follow both performances. Call (501) 812-2338 or visit oitr.org.
6 'I AM CHANGING'
Dreamgirls (music and lyrics by Henry Krieger, book by Tom Eyen), the award-winning musical about the rise of the so-called "girl groups" in the '60s, takes the stage, 7̶ ̶p̶.̶m̶.̶ ̶t̶o̶d̶a̶y 7 p.m. Friday*-Saturday and May 19-21 and 2 p.m. Sunday and May 22 at the Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. Tickets for today's grand opening celebration are $40, including a catered pre-show cocktail buffet and open bar (beer and wine), 5:30-7 p.m., and a post-show champagne toast with the cast and crew. Visit tinyurl.com/dreamopening. Tickets for all other shows: $25, $20 for senior citizens (65 and older), military and students. Visit tinyurl.com/dreamgirls1. For more information, call (501) 374-2615 or visit thestudiotheatre-lr.org.
7 IMAGINATION
Cantrell Gallery, 8206 Cantrell Road, will host Kae Barron's first solo exhibit, "Black Box," Friday-July 2. A reception is planned for 6-8 p.m. Friday and admission is free. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday or by appointment. Call (501) 224-1335 or visit cantrellgallery.com.
8 ITHACA
Ithaca, N.Y.-based, Ohio-born guitarist/singer/songwriter/fiddler Joe Crookston will perform, under the aegis of the Little Rock Folk Club, at 6 p.m. Sunday at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock. Admission: $15, $8 for students with ID, free for accompanied children 12 and younger. Call (501) 663-0634 or visit littlerockfolkclub.org.
9 INTUITION
Expect readings, workshops and sales of spiritual items at Halana's Psychic Fair, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday at the North Little Rock Community Center, 2700 Willow St., North Little Rock. Admission is $5. Call (501) 843-5982.
10 INSTRUMENTS
For the second year, The Cleverlys will headline the Saline Memorial Health Foundation's fundraiser, 6:30 p.m. today at the Benton Event Center, 17322 Interstate 30, Benton. Comedian and Mountain View native Paul Harris will open the show. Tickets are $60, which includes dinner and drinks. All proceeds benefit the Saline Memorial Health Foundation, the fundraising arm for Saline Memorial Hospital. Call (501) 776-6746 or visit salinememorial.org/cleverlys.
Weekend on 05/12/2016
*CORRECTION: A Thursday night show of Dreamgirls at the Studio Theater was canceled after this story was originally published. Details are available here.